Which women are more likely to be abused? Public housing, cohabitation, and separated/divorced women

Criminal Justice Studies

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 283-293

  DeKeseredy, Walter S ^a   Schwartz, Martin D ^b,c   Alvi, Shahid ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ONTARIO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Canada)

^b OHIO UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF JUSTICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cohabitation; Public housing; Separated divorced women; Theoretical models; Women

Indexed keywords

EID: 57449084671     PISSN: 1478601X     EISSN: 14786028     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14786010802554113     Document Type: Article

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